Moon Knight, Marc Spector, Steven Grant and Jake Lockley: four different aspects of the same man who was resurrected by Khonshu, the Egyptian Lunar-God of Vengeance and Justice to serve as his "avatar". Those unjust mortals who prey upon the innocents who travel at night, beware the Vengeance of the Moon Knight!

MK#12 - Last one, no more Bendis, no more of Maleev crappy art!!!

I'd love to see Mike Benson back on the title, but he confirmed to me it's not in his future. It would be awesome to see Finch back on board for art and I'd love to see a return to a more "classic" feel of Moon Knight. Make it heavily inspired by his early stuff.

And please, bring back Deadzone. The poor villain is the only guy in comic book history to not escape custody yet.

Is it? I'm not totally sure it is, Marvel doesn't seem to take risks, but Marvel's been giving MK a series in such a manner that he doesn't go for a year without one since 2006. The most he's gone without is for 6 months. I think that Marvel simply doesn't know where to take him creatively. They were going to take him into a new direction in Vengeance Of but that title's writing flopped like mad for the end of the run. Then they cancelled that and gave it to Bendis, who completely reinvented the character and arguably gave him bad writing again. I do see your point and I somewhat agree with it, but the fact is that Marvel's giving him chance after chance and that's got to be for some reason.

Of course it is.Popular books don't get cancelled because of poor writing.Marvel will just replace the writer if they are causing the sales to decline.They keep giving Moon Knight chances because the bottom half of their sales chart is interchangeable the success of those books isn't as important as the success of the top half.

I'd love to see Mike Benson back on the title, but he confirmed to me it's not in his future. It would be awesome to see Finch back on board for art and I'd love to see a return to a more "classic" feel of Moon Knight. Make it heavily inspired by his early stuff.

And please, bring back Deadzone. The poor villain is the only guy in comic book history to not escape custody yet.

I'd love to see Mike Benson back on the title, but he confirmed to me it's not in his future. It would be awesome to see Finch back on board for art and I'd love to see a return to a more "classic" feel of Moon Knight. Make it heavily inspired by his early stuff.

And please, bring back Deadzone. The poor villain is the only guy in comic book history to not escape custody yet.

Finch's art on Moon Knight was the best i've seen for the character.

Absolutely hated Finch's art.

@Vance Astro said:

Of course it is.Popular books don't get cancelled because of poor writing.Marvel will just replace the writer if they are causing the sales to decline.They keep giving Moon Knight chances because the bottom half of their sales chart is interchangeable the success of those books isn't as important as the success of the top half.

But Moon Knight isn't a popular book. Its not unpopular but its definitely not among the most popular books Marvel has. Just because he isn't among the most popular books though, doesn't mean that the cancellation of the series doesn't have to do with the lack of creative input.

I'm guessing its because MK fans weren't supporting the book. If the masses don't "give a sh!t about Moon Knight" then it seems to me its up to the Hardcore fans to read the books, and if those aren't getting the book then that means that the book has no one true fanbase.

The point i'm making is that if they are fans of Moon Knight that means they were all reading the book at some point.There was a writer they liked on the book more than Bendis, YET it still got cancelled.When is it time to come to the realization that it's not the writers...it's the character?

It's not just Moon Knight...all mainstream characters have been so over-written, they are as stale as a month old Linzer torte.

@Roxanne Starr: I think current titles such as Batman, Aquaman, Daredevil, Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man, and Punisher prove that any character, regardless of their appearances, can be a gem in the right hands ;)

@Vance Astro: I agree there's a problem Moon Knight has when it comes to seeping into the general audience. He's a tough character to pull off properly. I think some writers have done it well, but apparently not in the eyes of Marvel (seeing as my favorite- the 2006 run- was kicked aside from the utterly brief Vengeance and the equally short Bendis run). I think bringing back a new Moon Knight run (inspired by the classic era) by someone like Brubaker and Mike Deodato Jr could really bring him back in the spotlight (if Marvel markets it well).

It's not just Moon Knight...all mainstream characters have been so over-written, they are as stale as a month old Linzer torte.

I don't agree wit this.Marvel and DC don't really have issues selling their mainstream characters so I can only assume Moon Knight doesn't fit in that category.The same characters have been running the show at Marvel for years.If they've become stale to you that's understandable but they still sell books that I peak my enthusiasm and they still along with DC dominate the sales charts.

@k4tzm4n said:

@Vance Astro: I agree there's a problem Moon Knight has when it comes to seeping into the general audience. He's a tough character to pull off properly. I think some writers have done it well, but apparently not in the eyes of Marvel (seeing as my favorite- the 2006 run- was kicked aside from the utterly brief Vengeance and the equally short Bendis run). I think bringing back a new Moon Knight run (inspired by the classic era) by someone like Brubaker and Mike Deodato Jr could really bring him back in the spotlight (if Marvel markets it well).

Characters like Moon Knight suffer from the same thing Marvel's female characters suffer from.Marvel can't seem to give these characters any significance without still making them pale in comparison to their top sellers.I don't think his fans want him to be stronger than Captain America, or a better fighter than Wolverine,or smarter than Black Panther...I think readers would just like it something their favorite character was doing mattered to the Marvel Universe for a change.

@Roxanne Starr: I think current titles such as Batman, Aquaman, Daredevil, Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man, and Punisher prove that any character, regardless of their appearances, can be a gem in the right hands ;)

True, but believe it or not, less tan 20% of the world's population has even heard of Batman. Maybe .00001% of the world's population has heard of Aquaman.

And conversely, there are fictional characters in India followed by 10's of millions that we have never heard of.

As technologies continue to emmerge, there will be more and more people yearning for something fresh and new.

But Moon Knight isn't a popular book. Its not unpopular but its definitely not among the most popular books Marvel has. Just because he isn't among the most popular books though, doesn't mean that the cancellation of the series doesn't have to do with the lack of creative input.

Obviously it isn't.That's kind of my point.If it was more popular it wouldn't have gotten cancelled.I'm not saying Bendis doesn't share some of the blame but the sales are lacking mostly due to the lack of interest in the character.Bendis only wrote one volume, I can't believe that after 7 volumes anyone but the character is to blame for frequent cancellations.Creative direction doesn't matter when the book is popular.Avengers is proof of that.

Obviously it isn't.That's kind of my point.If it was more popular it wouldn't have gotten cancelled.I'm not saying Bendis doesn't share some of the blame but the sales are lacking mostly due to the lack of interest in the character.Bendis only wrote one volume, I can't believe that after 7 volumes anyone but the character is to blame for frequent cancellations.Creative direction doesn't matter when the book is popular.Avengers is proof of that.

We seem to be agreeing more and more. Obviously Moon Knight isn't a book on the popularity of the Avengers or anything, so that definitely has some say in the cancellation, though Bendis shares the blame.

@Roxanne Starr: I think current titles such as Batman, Aquaman, Daredevil, Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man, and Punisher prove that any character, regardless of their appearances, can be a gem in the right hands ;)

True, but believe it or not, less tan 20% of the world's population has even heard of Batman. Maybe .00001% of the world's population has heard of Aquaman.

And conversely, there are fictional characters in India followed by 10's of millions that we have never heard of.

As technologies continue to emmerge, there will be more and more people yearning for something fresh and new.

The future of ALL creative endeavors are in the independent realm.

I'm not talking about popularity among the world's population, but popularity among readers of Marvel and DC.

It's true that Moon Knight isn't "popular", but it's the writer's job to make them. For instance, I was never a fan of Daredevil, but since Waid's run started, I am. I was never an Aquaman fan either, but since Johns took control, I am. Marvel put their top-selling writer on the character to make him popular... and he failed miserably.

It's true that Moon Knight isn't "popular", but it's the writer's job to make them. For instance, I was never a fan of Daredevil, but since Waid's run started, I am. I was never an Aquaman fan either, but since Johns took control, I am. Marvel put their top-selling writer on the character to make him popular... and he failed miserably.

Some times good writing isn't enough.Characters need some promotion.The events happening in their book has to matter to their fictional universe.Waid's Daredevil isn't selling very well and even with the promotion of Shadowland Daredevil still had trouble selling.I wasn't an Aquaman fan before Johns an i'm still not but his book is my favorite of the New 52 and he's even made some impressive sales figures but without the New52 reboot, I doubt people who weren't interested before would be picking it up because of Johns.

Moonknight is going to become a player in the secret avengers isn't he? so I think they are going to keep him relavent just not in his own series right now. he'll be back, and as far as this past series I actually enjoyed it.

It was never going to last, despite Maleev's great art, Bendis had no love for the character and seemed intent on destroying MK with one of the worst gimmicks ever. Good riddance, and let's hope the next series fares better.

It's Marvel's fault.They tried to preserve Daredevil's loner persona while leaving one of their most popular characters out of all of their most important events.Don't know why they thought that would work.Wen he didn't make Civil War because he was in jail.I was cool with that because Iron Fist had his mantle but being absent from Secret Invasion,Dark Reign,Siege,and doing little to nothing accept joining the Avengers in Fear Itself didn't go well for him.

@Danial79 said:

This is probably true. I wasn't even reading DC before the relaunch, so I doubt I would have picked Aquaman up of my own accord.

Personally, I would even be happy for Moon Knight just to be in another series, but the only one he was in was Secret Avengers, and Remender seems to have cut him from the roster. Also sad :(

Remender's Secret Avengers isn't bad but I would rather he had kept Moon Knight instead of having to use characters like Human Torch and Captain Britain..they don't even fit.

It's Marvel's fault.They tried to preserve Daredevil's loner persona while leaving one of their most popular characters out of all of their most important events.Don't know why they thought that would work.Wen he didn't make Civil War because he was in jail.I was cool with that because Iron Fist had his mantle but being absent from Secret Invasion,Dark Reign,Siege,and doing little to nothing accept joining the Avengers in Fear Itself didn't go well for him.

@Danial79 said:

This is probably true. I wasn't even reading DC before the relaunch, so I doubt I would have picked Aquaman up of my own accord.

Personally, I would even be happy for Moon Knight just to be in another series, but the only one he was in was Secret Avengers, and Remender seems to have cut him from the roster. Also sad :(

Remender's Secret Avengers isn't bad but I would rather he had kept Moon Knight instead of having to use characters like Human Torch and Captain Britain..they don't even fit.

I hate Waid's Daredevil.Glad to hear its not selling well,maybe they will replace him soon.I haven't enjoyed Daredevil since Ed Brubaker left

Where is he during AvX? I thought he had joined the New Avengers, but I haven't seen him in AvX at all.

He is a member of the New Avengers and he has been in AvX issues, he just has yet to do anything noteworthy.

@daredevil21134 said:

I hate Waid's Daredevil.Glad to hear its not selling well,maybe they will replace him soon.I haven't enjoyed Daredevil since Ed Brubaker left

I like Waid's Daredevil and it's not selling any worse than Brubaker or Diggle's Daredevil so I don't think Waid will be getting replaced any time soon.

@Danial79 said:

I thought the same thing. Neither of them are very "secret". I thought that team was meant to be a kind of stealth unit.

I think the idea is that Cap Britain was a member of MI:13 and that Human Torch was a member of the Invaders whom were covert military groups but you really can't be stealthy when you're a man on fire and a guy dressed like the British Flag.

I have the book pre-ordered, but it won't come until middle of May. What was the "big thing" that Bendis did to Moon Knight in the last issue that he had to get permission? I am guessing no one has spoilers up for this issue because no one cares.